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Russian diplomats vacate three properties on U.S. orders

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Russian diplomats vacated three properties in the United States on Saturday including the six-story consulate in San Francisco, complying with a U.S. order issued in retaliation for Moscow cutting the American diplomatic presence in Russia.

Trump increases federal funding for debris removal: White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday authorized an increase in the level of federal funding for debris removal and emergency protective measures as a result of Hurricane Harvey to 90 percent from 75 percent, the White House said.

Mexico president vows to defend NAFTA, nation's 'dignity'

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Saturday defended free trade and young migrants in the United States, saying his government would not accept insults against "national dignity" from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Justice Department affirms no evidence Obama wiretapped Trump

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said it had no evidence to support the unsubstantiated claim made in March by President Donald Trump that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Activist Tintori says she is barred from leaving Venezuela

CARACAS (Reuters) - Human rights activist Lilian Tintori, the wife of Venezuela's best-known detained political leader, said on Saturday she had been barred from flying out of the country and summoned to a court hearing over cash found in her vehicle.

Largest wildfire in Los Angeles history forces hundreds to evacuate

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles rapidly grew on Saturday into what the mayor called the largest blaze in the city's history, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people and the closure of a major highway.

Frankfurt starts evacuation before attempt to defuse WWII bomb

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Frankfurt emergency service staff started to evacuate patients from two hospitals in Germany's financial capital on Saturday ahead of the planned defusing of a massive World War Two bomb.

Hezbollah says bulk of IS convoy has left Syrian government area

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Most of an Islamic State evacuation convoy stuck in east Syria has crossed out of government territory and is no longer the responsibility of the Syrian government or its ally Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite group said on Saturday.

Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar's Rakhine

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - More than 2,600 houses have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar's northwest in the last week, the government said on Saturday, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence involving the Muslim minority in decades.